How to spell leader

Leader is spelled L-E-A-D-E-R.

hear itlead·er/'lidər/nounRules and real life

What it means: A person who guides or inspires others.

In a sentence: The leader of the parade waved a big flag.

Same family: loss-leader, leading, leadership, headline, feature. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The commercial sense of “leader” for a key or loss-making item in a store comes from the idea of a product that ‘leads’ customers into the shop. It developed from earlier uses in journalism, where a ‘leader’ was the leading article that set the tone for the rest of the newspaper.

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